Interstellar Award for Speculative Flash Fiction

The international Interstellar Award for Speculative Flash Fiction will open for entries on 1 July 2015, of stories up to 1200 words. Please note this is a pay-to-play contest; the entry fee is AUD $9. First prize is $500; second prize $150; third prize $50.

‘Speculative’ is here defined as science fiction and fantasy, all sub-genres such as space opera, hard SF, soft SF, paranormal, steampunk, new gothic, supernatural, metaphysical fantasy, magical realism, and all hybrid genres, including new ones of your own making. The only proviso is that entries contain at least an element of the speculative. So whether you’re opening stargates, riding dragons, consorting with elves, or documenting a subtle anomaly in an otherwise mundane scenario, your story will be admissible.

SpecFicNZ Spotlight

For those living far far away from New Zealand, our country may sound distant, peculiar, full of mountains, tattooed Māori warriors, hobbits, rugby players and… what else, again? Stereotypes thrive out there, especially when writers look for Kiwi inspirations–only to find the same generic information over and over again. SpecFicNZ …

Featured Works

All That Glitters, by Dan Rabarts “The two agents broke into a run, following the tunnel down, deeper, noting a second, a third, and even more clusters of dynamite along the cavern walls, all spooling them down, ever down, into the shadows. As they ran, they smelt the smoke. It …